Notes relating to Lewis Pelly's Visit to Riyadh [‎21v] (30/76)

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Notes relating to a range of subjects recorded during and after Lewis Pelly's journey to Riyadh to meet with Ameer Feysul [Amir Faisal ibn Turki al-Sa'ud] of the Nejd [Najd]. Topics covered in the notes include:

• Notes on observations made by William Gifford Palgrave on the Nedjed region and his sources for those observations (f. 7v)
• Record of places of antiquity that he visited and heard about enroute to Riyadh. These places include Thaj (which is an hellenistic archaeological site); El Griet (possibly El Grief) and Suddoos [Sudoos] (f. 12)
• Comments on the Wahabee [Wahhabi] sect and their relations with other sects (f. 17)
• Observations on Nejd horses and their colourings; also comments on El Murras and its camels (f. 17v)
• Observations on various towns visited during the journey, including their distances from other towns and any distinguishing features (f. 24)
• Accounts of anecdotal stories related to Pelly during the trip relating to a range of subjects including religion, politics, slavery and the rulers of Nejd (ff. 24-25)
• Notes on Pelly's second meeting with Ameer Feysul, including a list of the topics discussed and comments on the difficulties of establishing telegraph or post houses in Nejd. Notes also record an invitation to accompany the Ameer's [Amir] son Abdullah [Abdallah ibn Faisal ibn Turki] on an expedition to Mecca and the Ameer's [Amir] offer to allow Pelly to see his horses and choose two of the best as a gift
• Notes on the origins of the names of places in Nejd, descriptions of places that have been lost owing to the encroaching sands, and descriptions of geographical areas. [ff. 26-28]

There are a number of blank folios within the notes, which were intended to allow for additional information to be added on the various subjects. The blank folios are: ff. 8-11, 13-16, 18-23.

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38 folios

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The notes have been formed by folding a number of pieces of paper to form a booklet, the notes have then been written at different points within the booklet to allow space for additional information relating to each topic.

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Watermark: Each sheet of paper bears the watermark 'G Millington, 1865'

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English in Latin script

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